WENDY LYNN SCHULTZ
Infinite Futures

EDUCATION
1995 Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Research topic: "Futures Fluency: Explorations in Leadership, Vision, and Creativity" (Keywords: Leadership, Vision, Creativity, Alternative Futures).
1981 M.A. in Public Policy, Alternative Futures Option, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1978 B.A. magna cum laude, Justin Morrill College at Michigan State University. Field: "Philosophy, Technology, and Social Change."

EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2001-2002 Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku, Finland
Fall 2001 Visiting Lecturer, Public Health Leadership, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
1996-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Studies of the Future, University of Houston at Clear Lake
1995 Lecturer, International Space University, Strasbourg, France.
1993-present Sole Proprietor, Infinite Futures, consulting: futures research and facilitation.
1993-2000 Executive Board, World Futures Studies Federation.
1989-1995 Research Associate, Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1989-1991 Course Director, World Futures Studies Federation Annual Futures Workshop at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
1988-1995 Research Associate, Center for Development Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
6-11/1987 Deputy Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Development Planning Institute (Social Science Research Institute and Department of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Hawaii at Manoa).
1985-1987 Consultant, The Asian Energy Security Project (AESP) and The OPEC Downstream Project (ODP) at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1984-1987 Researcher, Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR).
1981-1985 Researcher, The OPEC Downstream Project (ODP) at the East- West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.


EXPERIENCE

Foresight and Futures Studies:

worked with New Economic Foundation, London, to create handbook for futures-focussed community development planning, 1996; advised DEMOS (London-based policy research center) on scenario building for the U.K. National Health and Dental plans, 1996; designed a scenarios-and-vision-based strategic planning approach for the State of Hawaii Department of Health, 1995; drafted an emerging issues analysis for the Supreme Court of the State of Virginia, 1995; initiated and designed a "cyberspace" campus on the Internet for the University of Hawaii, September 1994; designed guidebook and training workshops in scenario-building for the Hawaii Community Services Council, October '93 through June '94; designed and implemented visioning workshop for the World Futures Studies Federation, September 1993; designed coursebook and long-range vision workshops for state courts, 1991-1992, with pilot workshops for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida and the Supreme Court of Oregon; designed and developed workshop materials for both a scenario-building workshop and a preferred vision workshop for the Office of State Planning, State of Hawaii, September-November 1991; designed and coordinated a visioning workshop for the Hawaii Department of Health; designed alternative futures training for Micronesian diplomats (U.S. Foreign Service); developed alternative scenarios for international immigration, method: incasting (State Justice Institute); explored impacts of expanded satellite communications systems on Pacific island nation scientific productivity (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Agency); evaluated alternative science and technology policies as basis for alternative Pacific island development scenarios (Pacific International Center for High Technology Research); analyzed and forecast natural gas trade, specifically focussing on Asia and the Pacific (U.S. Department of Energy).

Teaching:
Finland Futures Academy, 2002 -- taught an undergraduate introduction to futures studies course on-line; 1996 to 2000, taught six different graduate seminars in futures studies, including intro, research methods, systems analysis, facilitation, and world futures at the University of Houston - Clear Lake; prepared and delivered the "Introduction to Futures Studies," and "Introduction to Visioning" lectures for the International Space University's Summer Session and Master of Space Sciences programs; taught Political Science 171, "Introduction to Political Futuristics" (University of Hawaii); and taught integrated futures studies and planning during courses developed for the Asia-Pacific Development Planning Institute (U.S. A.I.D.).

Facilitation:
facilitated the team visioning for the design projects of the the '95 International Space University Summer Session and the inaugural '95 Master's program; organized "Facilitators' Roundtable," a monthly colloquium series for professional facilitators and mediators in Hawaii (ongoing), 1994; facilitated community focus groups identifying natural resources, their uses, and potential use conflicts in North Kauai, 1994; facilitated Hawaii Community Services Council's scenario-building workshops, 1993-1994; facilitated World Futures Studies Federation's vision/planning activities, XIIth World Conference, September 1993; facilitated "PEACESAT Future Directions Workshop," October 1992; facilitated small group visioning sessions, "The Courts in the 21st Century" (State of Hawaii Judiciary); facilitated small group scenario building and plenary vision design for the Office of State Planning; facilitated a visioning workshop for the Hawaii Department of Health; facilitated alternative futures training for Micronesian diplomats (U.S. Foreign Service); and designed and facilitated the leaders' workshop in environmental futures envisioning, Republic of the Marshall Islands (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).

Planning/Environmental Management:
developed and implemented a process for community input into a regional resource management plan for North Kauai, Hawaii, March 1994; assessed current analyses of El Nino Southern Oscillation impacts vis-a-vis Pacific Basin economies (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), November 1992; contributed to drafting the Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan, December 1990; evaluated Hawaii State Coastal Zone Management Program, drafting policy and program suggestions, 1990; assessed and elaborated alternative scenarios for sea level rise in Pacific island nations, method: analytic hierarchy process (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).

Technical Research:
analyzed oil spill impacts and current management strategies as relevant to Hawaii and the Pacific island micro-states (Office of State Planning, State of Hawaii); inventoried and analyzed research telecommunications patterns between Hawaii and the Pacific island nations (Pacific Basin Development Council); inventoried and analyzed Japan's LNG import facilities and subsidiary infrastructure (U.S. Department of Energy); compiled technical review of the international natural gas trade (Ministry of Planning, Kingdom of Sa'udi Arabia).

Writing/Editing:
developed Task Force briefing papers for The Nature Conservancy's Alien Species Action Plan project, 1994; since 1987, edited Center for Development Studies working paper series; compiled, formatted, and edited the coursebook and final report for the Asia-Pacific Development Planning Institute (U.S. A.I.D.); from 1983 through 1987, edited project publications related to the OPEC Downstream Project and Asian Energy Security Project at the East-West Center, including OPEC, The Gulf, and The World Petroleum Market, Westview Press, 1983; from 1981 through the present, free-lanced as an editor.

Rapporteur:
rapporteured and edited workshop/discussion sessions of the Pacific Islands Network conference on Global Climate Change, September 1994; recorder, "El Nino Southern Oscillation Applications Workshop," sponsored by NOAA, October 1992; rapporteured and edited the proceedings of the State of Hawaii Office of International Relations conference, "The Oceans and the Environment: A Pacific Island Perspective," April 1992; organized, facilitated, and rapporteured the Pacific Basin Development Council's November 1991 Pacific Basin Oil Spill Response Capacity Workshop; rapporteured working sessions and panel sessions for the Pacific Telecommunications Conference, 1985-1988; rapporteured a variety of workshops and international conferences for the Resource Systems Institute, East-West Center, 1979-1983.

Management/Administration:
over seven years' experience in writing, acquiring, and administering research and educational grants totalling over $500,000; supervising both research and support staff; organizing and coordinating conferences, workshops, and lecture series.


PUBLICATIONS

Futures Studies:

Planning/Environmental Management:
Pacific Focus:
Energy:


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